Clothing, Traditional—Kyrgyzstan
Dress in Kyrgyzstan developed as a part of Central Asian costume, with clothing styles that were adapted to either a sedentary or nomadic lifestyle. In general,...
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Kyrgyzstan—Profile
(2001 est. pop. 4.8 million). Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous, landlocked central Asian country; more than half of its land area is above 2,500 meters in elevation. Kyrgyzstan bo...
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Usubaliev, Turdakun Usubalievich
(b. 1919), Kyrgyz politician. Turdakun Usubalievich Usubaliev led the Kyrgyzstan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1961 to 1985 as the first secretary of the Communist P...
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Kyrgyz Respublikasy
CAPITAL: Bishkek
FLAG: Red field with a yellow sun in the center; in the center of the sun is a red ring crossed by two sets of three lines, a stylized r...
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Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) is a landlocked country located in Central Asia. Bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, China to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the west, and Taji...
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Kyrgyzstan
POPULATION 5,059,000MUSLIM 85 percentCHRISTIAN 13 percentOTHER 2 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Kyrgyzstan is a small, mountainous country in southeastern Central Asia. It is bo...
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Area: 198,500 sq km (76,641 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 5,192,000Capital:
Bishkek
Head of state:
President
Kurmanbek
Bakiyev
Head of government (appointed by the president):
Prime Minister
F...
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Parliament held its first session Friday as police arrested several people protesting an election that strengthened Kyrgyzstan's president but opened the door for further turmoil.The 90-member parl...
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Kyrgyzstan's referendum on constitutional change was marred by numerous violations, the main trans-Atlantic security and rights group and the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, ...
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The president of Kyrgyzstan dissolved parliament Monday, moving to strengthen his control after voters overwhelmingly approved constitutional changes that his critics called a grab for power.The mo...
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A prominent independent journalist with close ties to the opposition to the authoritarian regime in neighboring Uzbekistan was shot to death in southern Kyrgyzstan on Wednesday, an official said.An...
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Kyrgyz investigators have questioned eight U.S. servicemen over the fatal shooting of a Kyrgyz civilian at the U.S. air base in this ex-Soviet Central Asian nation, police Thursday.Alexander Ivanov...
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Clothing, Traditional—Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic)
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
